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G. F. BRENT.

SPRlNG REINFORCEMENT.

AFPLlCATlON FILED JAN. 13. I919.

1,311,751 PatentedJuly 29,1919.

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To all whom it may concer 1 Be it known thatfLjGEoncnF BnEN'r, a citizen of the United States,"residing at lVeis'er, in the county of'Washington and State of Idaho, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Spring Reinforcements; and l do declare the following to be a full, cleafland ex'act'descrip'tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich'it appertains to make and use the same. i i

This invention relates to automobile accesseries and it relates more particularly to an attachment for a reinforcing a spring-connection of a Chevrolet automobile or other similar vehicle. 7 y r One object of this invention is to provide a simple, strong and convenient attachment to reinforce the bolts that connect the chas sis-supporting springs to the chassis.

Another object is to provide a device of this character which consists of few and simple parts, and maybe manufactured at a comparatively slight cost.

' Other objects and advantages may become a apparent to persons who read the following p details of description in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the front portion of an automobile having my improved reinforcing or spring-securing device attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a part of the chassis, spring and spring-bracket of the automobile and of my improved reinforcing attachment or connection secured thereto.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the mechanism shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 41' is a top plan view of the main member of my spring connecting device in its entirety, the set screw 'beingomitted.

Fig. 5 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, of the member shown in Fig. 4, the section being taken along the line 55 of Fig. 4; and,

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 except i that the section is taken along the line 66 of Fig. 4.

Referring to these drawings in detail, in which similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views, the automobile chassis is indicated by the numeral 7, the adjacent spring 8 being secured thereto by means of a bracket 9, a U-bolt 10, a vertical bolt 11,

. and rivets 12, the latter securing the bracket Specification of Letters Patent. 1 ,Patented ily 29, 1919, A pplicatiiiif ihed January 13,1919; Ser ia1 Nb. 2 70,9 20.

It has been the experience of bolts 10 and 11, especially the l'atter,'and

after the machine has been used awhile,the nut on the bolt 11 is likely to become loosened, thus allowing a greater amount of swing to'the lower end of this bolt, which throws a greater strain on the U-bolt 10 until one or both of the bolts 10 and 11 is likely I to break, which, of course, may result in a serious accident .Now, in order to prevent this swinging movement of the lower end of thebolt.1'1, I provide' my improvedspring securing attachment which is shown separated in Figs. .41, 5 and 6,'and a detailed de v 'scriptionof this device will now be givenas follows.

Although .1- this rdevicewmay a: be formed in any desired and appropriate way, I preferably form the same from a blank of heavy sheet metal, and bend thesame into the shape shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6. In other words, this device is formed with a plate 13, a short flange 14 and an end flange 15, the flanges 14 and 15 being in spaced and parallel relation to one another, and their 0pposing surfaces 14 and 15 being disposed at right angles to the inner surface 13 of the plate 13, this inner surface 13' being preferably plane and normally vertical.

The free end portion of the flange 14 is preferably triangular, the base of the triangle being parallel with the plane surface 13', and this triangular portion is provided with a screw-threaded aperture 16 into which a set screw 17 is fitted.

The relatively long flange 15 has each of its longitudinal edges disposed at an acute angle' to the plane surface 13. Adjacent to the rear end of the relatively long flange 15 is provided an aperture 17 to receive the lower end of the bolt 11, and when the bolt is seated in the aperture 17, the upper plane surface of the securing device is fitted tight against the lower plane surface of the lower one of the superposed spring leaves which compose the spring 8, it being understood that .the butt end portions of the s ring leaves are apertured to receive the b0 t 11,

space which is formed in the bracket 9 be: ing on the upper end of the bolt 11, as indi- Gated? 'in Figs, 2 and and thG SQiS'ESCI-BW 17 is tightened against the horizontal plate,

against which the upper spring'leaf rests. It will be readily understood that any tend; cyf the p i g 8 o i iijn 'ja i-h ado the bolt 17 laterally of the chassis will be resisted by the clampin'g 'aetion'of my in} proved spring securing devlce.

Although I have d'e'scribedthis embodiment of my invention very specifically, it is not intended to limit this invention to these exact details of construction and arrangement of parts, but I am entitled to make changes within the scope of the inventive idea disclosed in the foregoing description and following"claims. I p

What I claim as my invention is:

1. Agsecuring device comprising a yoke formed with two'spac'ed parallel flanges and a plate united with the flanges and having a plane surface adjoining the parallel opposing' surfaces of the flanges and being at right angles to said opposing surfaces, one of said flanges being relatively short and having a-triangular apertured and screwthreaded end, the-base of thetriangle being substantially parallel with the said plane flan e being relatively long and having 1ts longitudinal edges dlsposed at anacuteangle to s'ald plane suriace,

surface} the ot e1 said relatively long flange having an aperture 'th'eretlirough to receive a bolt or the like, and a set screw in the aperture of said relativelyishort flange. I,

2. The combination with the superposed butt ends er chassis 'supporting spring leaves and connecting bracket and bolt of an automobile, .of a, yoke'forined with two spaced" parallel iflangesfland a plate united with these flanges amt-"twinge plane surface ad joining the opposing parallel surfaces oft'he, flanges and disp'os'ed'at right angles thereto, one of-saidf'fianges being relativelyjlong and havin'ggits'l'o'ngitudinal edges disposed at an acute angle to said'plane surface, the'free end of said relatively long flange having an aperture therethrough' to receive the lower end. of said bolt, the other flange ,being relatively short and having a threaded aperture therethr ou-ghr, and a'se-t screw in saidaperture and enga'ging with the upper 7 side'of bracket't'whereby the lower 'end'of the bolt is stabilized, substantially as set forth."" j

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. T k

' GEORGE 1?."BRIEITI. Witnesses:

' F. B; LLOYD,

FRANK D. RYAN;

m a: this patemmay he obtained. for five cents each, addressing the commissioner of-Iatents,

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